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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Deform \De*form"\, adjective [L. deformis; de- + forma form: cf. OF. deforme, F. difforme. Cf. {Difform}.] Deformed; misshapen; shapeless; horrid. [Obs.]
Sight so deform what heart of rock could long Dry-eyed behold? --Milton.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Deform \De*form"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Deformed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deforming}.] [L. deformare; de- + formare to form, shape, fr. forma: cf. F. d['e]former. See {Form}.]
1. To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure.
Deformed, unfinished, sent before my time Into this breathing world. --Shak.
2. To render displeasing; to deprive of comeliness, grace, or perfection; to dishonor.
Above those passions that this world deform. --Thomson.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
deform
verb
1: make formless; "the heat deformed the plastic sculpture" [ant: {form}]
2: twist and press out of shape [syn: {contort}, {distort}, {wring}]
3: cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar" [syn: {flex}, {bend}, {twist}, {turn}] [ant: {unbend}]
4: become misshapen; "The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake"
5: alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy" [syn: {distort}, {strain}]
6: assume a different shape or form [syn: {change shape}, {change form}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
89 Moby Thesaurus words for "deform": accommodate, adapt, adjust, alter, ameliorate, batter, better, blemish, blur, break up, change, check, cicatrize, confuse, contort, convert, crack, craze, cripple, damage, deface, denature, disfigure, disorder, disproportion, distort, diversify, fit, flaw, fog up, impair, improve, injure, jumble, kink, maim, mangle, mar, meliorate, mess up, misshape, mitigate, modify, modulate, muddle, mutate, mutilate, obfuscate, obscure, overthrow, qualify, re-create, realign, rebuild, reconstruct, redesign, refit, reform, remake, renew, reshape, restructure, revamp, revive, ring the changes, scab, scar, scarify, screw up, shift the scene, shuffle the cards, split, spoil, squinch, subvert, torture, truncate, turn the scale, turn the tables, turn the tide, turn upside down, twist, unform, unshape, vary, warp, wind, work a change, worsen
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